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Panel hears bill letting DSHS waive certain overpayments for older adults and adults with disabilities

2136483 · January 21, 2025
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House Bill 1243 would authorize the Department of Social and Health Services to waive collection efforts for certain unintentional overpayments affecting ABD cash assistance and Medicaid long-term services for older adults and adults with disabilities; DSHS estimated biennial fiscal effect of about $308,000.

House Bill 1243 would allow the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to waive collection efforts for unintentional overpayments made under the aged, blind, or disabled (ABD) cash assistance program and certain Medicaid long-term and developmental disability waiver services, DSHS officials told the House Children, Youth & Early Learning Committee.

O'Meara Harrington, staff counsel to the committee, outlined existing recovery rules. Overpayments are generally recovered through reductions to clients' future assistance payments or billing for long-term care services,…

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